Course overview
This course explores different social enterprise models and evaluates them in context of the local/global social and sustainability challenges they aim to address. The course aims to provide a valuable foundation for planning a career pathway in sustainability and social entrepreneurship through understanding what social enterprise is and its relation to sustainable development and social impact, and learning how to measure social impact, including pathways to create change through a startup venture, supporting social entrepreneurs in creative ways, or serving as a director of a board. From the public, private or not-for-profit sector, students will identify and develop a social enterprise opportunity that provides potential to scale.
- Foundations Of Social Entrepreneurship & Sustainability
- Business Models, Impact & Growth Strategies
- Scaling Impact & Driving Change
Course learning outcomes
- Compare and contrast different approaches to social entrepreneurship
- Describe different forms of social enterprise organisations
- Develop a business model for a social enterprise idea
- Explain key considerations in measuring social impact
- Develop a theory of change for a social enterprise idea
- Describe the challenges in growing a social enterprise and scaling social impact
Degree list
The following degrees include this course